For over 20 years I've been a member of one gym or an other starting when I was in the Air Force and going to the local base gym where my buddy Chris dragged me out of my base dorm room and said, "Come One, we're working out!". That's a story for another time. But what started as a simple workout at a crappy base gym turned into a fitness passion. I was ALWAYS a member of a gym and before I got married and had kids I used it 5 times a week. I had some results, but NOTHING compared to the results I got from doing P90X.
Recently I read someone posted that P90X is overrated and that a gym membership was far more valuable. Really? Lets do some numbers just for giggles;
Today I decided to take my workout, One on One with Tony Horton Thirty Fifteen Routine to the local Gym, (starts with the letter "G"), cost me $5 for a walk in workout. It's Sunday, kids in the house and I was feeling sluggish so I figured I'd mix it up a bit AND I wanted to try the Lever pullups on a higher pull up bar to see how it would go. They were great by the way, thanks for asking. :) On the way out I asked the young gal at the front desk for a breakdown for prices.
Option 1: 12 months
$149 Enrollment
$14 First month dues
$14 Last month dues
$25 Credit card processing fee
$199 Total
$14 per month
Option 2: 12 months
$0 Enrollment
$39 First month dues
$39 Last month dues
$25 Credit card processing fee
$103 Total
$39 per month
There is NO Nutritional Plan, No Free Support Coach, No workout schedule or plan, just the use of the gym, no chance of winning cash or prizes just for workout out. That's the value? I'm sorry I don't see the value there.
P90X is $119.85 & you get a Nutritional Plan, Online support coach, scheduled workout plan, chance to win up to $1000 when you log your workouts in WOWY, AND I can guarantee you'll get results in 90 Days! And if P90X isn't your bag, try one of the many other Beachbody programs, I double-dog-dare you! :)
Happy Sunday!
2 comments:
What a great post! I vow to never walk into a gym again...it just seems pointless to me, when I get better results at home. Especially when you have kids!
Now I'm not opposed to the gym at all, some folks like to mix it in and or use it as a change of pace or to try something on a different piece of equipment, like I did yesterday with Lever Pull-ups. But when I hear folks say that "The Gym" is the better value, I just say BS!
Walk into any gym the vast majority of people there don't have a clue as to what they're doing, ZERO!
One other thing I enjoy at the gym, especially now after doing P90X is doing some of the crazy moves like Towel Pull-ups, or Levers. I enjoy the "what the heck is he doing" look I get. :)
But I agree, having kids makes going to the gym very difficult to do on a regular basis. Use the gym as a change of pace but that's about it. For me anyway.
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